Wappler 5.0.0 Beta 5: Initial UI Thoughts

[brad]

Now that I have had a full 8+ hours of using the new design interface, here are my top take aways …

1: I like the Properties Panel changes. Everything makes sense and having the proper theme colors really helps. Well done there.

2: The Quick Access Menu needs some sort of sorting or logical order. The menu options are all over the place.

Wow. Beta5 really brings the design view into a new league

That keyboard access is good to know. I have had a chance to use it in real world for a couple hours now. So far the only thing I had to use the ‘More’ option for wa to add content with the Generators. I can live with that. One thing I would find helpful though is if the quick access tool had some logical grouping of the otions. They seem to be listed in a totally random order. If all the Content options were together and all the form options were together etc (perhaps using the same grouping …

3: Building forms manually is now extra work and not very intuitive at all. A step backwards.

Wappler 5.0.0 Beta 5: Manually Building Forms is now extra clicks

When manually building forms the quick access menu shows add horizontal/vertical form group but that adds a text input field. I would expect that to open another sub menu with the different field types. As it is it is now four clicks to add a single form group. The quick access menu is deceiving. It should say to add a input field. Ideally the wording would be correct but would give a sub menu of field types. [Screen Shot 2022-06-16 at 5.21.48 PM]

4: Data Detail Regions is busted. See bug report.

Wappler 5.0.0 Beta 5: Can't add content to a data detail region

When you add a Data Detail element to a page/modal it does not show in Design view (no icons to add elements. It’s always been that way.). But now, in the App Connect Panel the insert into panel is blank. [Screen Shot 2022-06-16 at 5.14.09 PM] The only way to add the first element into a Data Detail is to use the App Connect panel and add your first element either before or after the data detail and then drag it inside. Once you do that you can use that element to add more elements as expecte…

Overall, I think the changes are in the right direction although it took some getting used to. Great work so far guys. Wappler 5 is fun to work with. Maybe I’ll find more tomorrow but so far it looks good.

[brad]

These are still the top three UI issues I face each day in Beta 6.

[Teodor]

Improved in Wappler 5.1.1 - now there are two new options in the general options, where you can switch back to the older insert menus.

[brad]

Thank you! So much better!